WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -When we think about societies that had a massive impact on world history, we often forget about the “purple people.” The Greeks gave this name to their seafaring trade partners, the Phoenicians, because of the rare purple dye they made from snail shells.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name Phoenician, used to describe these people in the first millennium B.C., is a Greek invention, from the word phoinix, possibly signifying the color purple-red and perhaps an allusion to their production of a highly prized purple dye.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Phoenicians traded goods like slaves, glass objects, lumber, silverwork, carvings and purple cloth. Explanation: Phoenicians were well known for their trade across and beyond the mediterranean sea. They were well known for their trade-in purple cloths which were made by a rare purple dye from snail shells.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name Phoenicians (phoinikes) was given to these people by the ancient Greeks and was related to the word for the red-purple color of the dye for which they were famous.